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OPINION

Oct 3, 2009 5:11 AM CDT

Top Public Mea Culpas

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is king of the list

(Newser) - David Letterman’s acknowledgement yesterday of some skeletons in his closet is only the latest caught by television’s unforgiving lens; Lisa Todorovich runs down her faves on True/Slant:

Bill Clinton: The Democratic candidate, with wife Hillary alongside, cops to “mistakes in my marriage in a 1992 interview with

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Jenny Sanford to Pen
'Inspirational Memoir'

Sep 22, 2009 12:42 PM CDT

Jenny Sanford to Pen 'Inspirational Memoir'

Ballantine Books won't disclose fee for May 2010 release

(Newser) - Jenny Sanford will write an “inspirational memoir” to be released by Random House next spring, CNN reports. The publisher is mum on how much the estranged wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get for her trouble. The fairer half of the couple has been fairly tight-lipped since...

SC House
Republicans
Tell Sanford
to Resign

Sep 9, 2009 5:29 PM CDT

SC House Republicans Tell Sanford to Resign

Fellow Republicans slam governor in open letter

(Newser) - The majority of South Carolina’s House Republicans told Mark Sanford to resign today, the State reports. At least 60 of the 73 representatives signed a letter hand-delivered to Sanford’s office that slammed the governor’s scandalous actions as “destructive to our state's image on a worldwide stage,...

Say Goodbye to a Sad
Excuse for a Summer

queenan on labor day

Sep 7, 2009 9:37 AM CDT

Say Goodbye to a Sad Excuse for a Summer

When even Joe Biden doesn't make us laugh, something's gone wrong

(Newser) - Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer, and the last day of this exhausting season couldn't come soon enough, writes Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal. The weather's been lousy, the movies were mediocre, and Jon and Kate somehow convinced the nation that they mattered. And don't mention...

'Zen-Like' Sanford Embarks
on Forgiveness Tour

INTERVIEW

Sep 2, 2009 8:03 AM CDT

'Zen-Like' Sanford Embarks on Forgiveness Tour

South Carolina governor on 'forgiveness tour' despite mounting pressure

(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans say they have the votes to impeach Mark Sanford, but the philandering governor tells the Wall Street Journal he's not going to "crawl into a cave." In his first major interview since his affair in Buenos Aires, Sanford says he has a "zen-like" acceptance...

Pressure Mounts
for Sanford
to Resign

Aug 30, 2009 5:03 AM CDT

Pressure Mounts for Sanford to Resign

Republicans weighing whether to impeach Mark Sanford now, or wait for ethics probe

(Newser) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is running out of allies in his own political party, reports The State. Republicans at the state House Majority Caucus meeting yesterday bashed the scandal-plagued Sanford. Furious legislators called for his immediate resignation, though South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell urged holding off on any...

Sanford: I Won't Be 'Railroaded' Out of Office

Aug 26, 2009 6:25 PM CDT

Sanford: I Won't Be 'Railroaded' Out of Office

(Newser) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford rebuffed his lieutenant governor's call to resign today, two months after he admitted an affair, saying he will not be "railroaded" out of office and plans to finish his term. At a news conference hours after Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer called for him to...

Lt. Gov:
Sanford
Must
Resign

Aug 26, 2009 10:54 AM CDT

Lt. Gov: Sanford Must Resign

(Newser) - The heat gets turned up on Mark Sanford today: His own lieutenant governor will ask him to resign, the State reports. Andre Bauer plans to make the request in both a news conference and in a personal letter to the embattled South Carolina governor. Bauer says he would serve out...

Jenny Sanford:
'The Ball Is
in His Court'

INTERVIEW

Aug 18, 2009 10:46 AM CDT

Jenny Sanford: 'The Ball Is in His Court'

She's graceful, has it together, but is 'not emotionless'

(Newser) - Jenny Sanford has become a hero to many, the wronged political wife who is neither bitter nor silent. But she is human, admitting to Vogue’s Rebecca Johnson that she Googled her husband’s mistress. Verdict? “She’s pretty.” Sanford, a conservative Christian but not of the in-your-face...

Sanford:
'I'm Dead
Politically'

Aug 12, 2009 6:50 PM CDT

Sanford: 'I'm Dead Politically'

(Newser) - His wife and kids have moved out, and now his career path looks a little shaky, too. "I'm dead politically," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford told a radio station today. "I am not running for another office." Sanford made the rounds of local stations today, defending...

Sanford on Planes:
'I've Got a Busy Life'

Aug 11, 2009 2:15 PM CDT

Sanford on Planes: 'I've Got a Busy Life'

SC gov defends use of official aircraft

(Newser) - Mark Sanford defended his personal use of state-owned planes today, arguing that the competing demands of fatherhood and the governor’s office required that he mix business and family travel, the AP reports. "I've got a busy life, and I've tried as best I can to be a reasonable...

Sanford Flew
to Hair Cut,
Kids' Games
on State Dime

INVESTIGATION

Aug 10, 2009 1:24 AM CDT

Sanford Flew to Hair Cut, Kids' Games on State Dime

Gov racked up $400K in travel, some illegal

(Newser) - Mark Sanford has repeatedly violated South Carolina law by using state aircraft for personal trips, an AP investigation has found. Records reveal that the philandering governor has used state planes to travel to dental appointments, his children's sporting events, and political party gatherings. One one occasion, Sanford used a state...

Jenny Sanford, Kids Move Out

Aug 7, 2009 12:53 PM CDT

Jenny Sanford, Kids Move Out

(Newser) - The wife of South Carolina's philandering governor is moving out and taking the kids, the State reports. “I have decided to move back to our home in Charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year,” Mark Sanford's wife, Jenny, said in a statement released today. The governor...

GOP Needs Its Brains Back

OPINION

Jul 31, 2009 1:57 PM CDT

GOP Needs Its Brains Back

(Newser) - Republican sycophants may think Sarah Palin’s resignation was brilliant, “but don’t kid yourself,” writes Robert Eisinger in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The GOP is in trouble.” The party has lost its intellectual coherence, and if it wants it back, it’s got to look beyond...

Media Should
Learn From
Cronkite: Grow
a Backbone

OPINION

Jul 26, 2009 9:20 AM CDT

Media Should Learn From Cronkite: Grow a Backbone

Today's press too cozy with Washington

(Newser) - It wasn’t Walter Cronkite’s “avuncular persona” or his reaction to the JFK assassination that made him “the most trusted man in America,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times—it was his willingness to challenge the halls of power. That’s become increasingly rare...

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

ANALYSIS

Jul 21, 2009 2:20 PM CDT

Power Meets Prayer at DC 'Family' House

C Street House members believe they 'transcend morality'

(Newser) - The C Street House, the Capitol Hill religious enclave that Mark Sanford, John Ensign, and Chip Pickering have in common, is more than a residence that happened to shelter three lawmakers involved in recent sex scandals, writes Jeff Sharlet in Salon. "If sexual license was all the Family offered...

Sanford: I Feel Like I Was
at My Own Funeral

COMMENTARY

Jul 19, 2009 10:00 AM CDT

Sanford: I Feel Like I Was at My Own Funeral

'Broken' governor vows to be more 'humble' leader

(Newser) - A “broken” Mark Sanford says the fallout from his admission of an extramarital affair has been like attending his own funeral, but he’s “thankful for the perspective it has afforded.” In a column for the Greenville News, the disgraced South Carolina governor shares the life lessons...

Marital Woes Strike Ensign's Ex-Housemate

ANALYSIS

Jul 17, 2009 3:30 PM CDT

Marital Woes Strike Ensign's Ex-Housemate

'Christian fellowship home' in DC was also Sanford hangout

(Newser) - Add Chip Pickering to the list of Republicans with fidelity issues: The former congressman’s estranged wife is suing his mistress for alienation of affection—in essence, destroying the Pickerings' marriage, TPM Muckracker reports. Oddly enough, Pickering lived in a Capitol Hill home that operates as a sort of boarding...

Emails Don't Mention Sanford Affair; Critics Smell a Rat

Jul 17, 2009 2:06 PM CDT

Emails Don't Mention Sanford Affair; Critics Smell a Rat

(Newser) - A trove of emails from Mark Sanford's office contains no discussion of his recent disappearance or the resulting scandal, the State reports. Critics suspect the South Carolina governor is holding something back. “It’s a very legitimate suspicion,” a professor says. “Complex organizations in the 21st century...

Sanford Disappeared Last Year, Too, Emails Show

Jul 16, 2009 11:48 AM CDT

Sanford Disappeared Last Year, Too, Emails Show

Commerce secretary didn't know where to reach guv

(Newser) - Mark Sanford’s recent Argentine excursion wasn’t the first time he had gone missing: His commerce secretary didn’t know where to reach him in June 2008, either, emails reveal. “Need contact number for (Sanford) ASAP,” the secretary wrote to a Sanford staffer on the 28th—a...